AP Calculus BC 2013-2014 Block AH

Weekly Schedules

06-09-2014

Monday 06-09	Celebration of Calculus
Tuesday 06-10	No Class Final Exams A and B block
Wednesday 06-11	Final Exam - Part 4 - evaluations	Exam
Thursday 06-12	No Class Final Exams E and Make-up
Friday 06-13	Teacher Inservice

06-02-2014

Monday 06-02	Final Exam - Part 1 Return Textbooks	Exam	n/a
Tuesday 06-03	Final Exam - Part 2	Exam
Wednesday 06-04	Final Exam - Part 3	Exam
Thursday 06-05	Juniors will continue work on "the cup" Lab	lab work	n/a
Friday 06-06	Juniors will present "the cup" Lab findings	presentation	n/a

05-26-2014

Monday 05-26	No School - Memorial Day	Enjoy the day	n/a
Tuesday 05-27	Finishing touches on Projects - randomly select presentation order	Work on Final Project
Wednesday 05-28	Group Project Presentation 1 Group Project Presentation 2	other group to evaluate
Thursday 05-29	Three groups - each group work on the cup project. 2 senior groups hand in progress at the end of class	other group to evaluate	n/a
Friday 05-30	Senior Day Juniors will work on "the cup" Lab	Study for Final Exam	n/a

05-19-2014

Monday 05-19	Work on Final Group Project	Work on Final Project	n/a
Tuesday 05-20	Integration Gateway make-up session	Work on Final Project
Wednesday 05-21	Work on Final Group Project	Work on Final Project
Thursday 05-22	Integration Gateway make-up session	Work on Final Project	n/a
Friday 05-23	Work on Final Group Project	Work on Final Project	n/a

05-12-2014

Monday 05-12	Discuss FR questions	Released questions	n/a
Tuesday 05-13	Introduce Final Group Project	Work on Final Project
Wednesday 05-14	Work on Final Group Project	Work on Final Project
Thursday 05-15	Work on Final Group Project	Work on Final Project	n/a
Friday 05-16	Work on Final Group Project	Work on Final Project	n/a

05-05-2014

Monday 05-05	Mult Choice strategies	AP exam prep	n/a
Tuesday 05-06	Last minute questions	AP exam prep and predictions
Wednesday 05-08	AP Exam	AP Exam - 8:00am First Cong, Church
Thursday 05-09	Discuss AP Exam	What challenged you?	n/a
Friday 05-10	Discuss AP Exam	Released FR questions	n/a

04-28-2014

Monday 04-28			n/a
Tuesday 04-29	Practice for AP Exam	continue to work together on the 2008 practice exam
Wednesday 04-30	Practice for AP Exam	continue to work together on the 2008 practice exam
Thursday 05-01	Practice for AP Exam	continue to work together on the 2008 practice exam	n/a
Friday 05-02	Practice for AP Exam	Last minute topics to consider?	n/a

04-21-2014

Monday 04-21			n/a
Tuesday 04-22	Practice for AP Exam	continue to work together on the 2008 practice exam
Wednesday 04-23	Practice for AP Exam	continue to work together on the 2008 practice exam
Thursday 04-24	Practice for AP Exam	continue to work together on the 2008 practice exam	n/a
Friday 04-25	Practice for AP Exam		n/a

04-07-2014

Monday 04-07	Practice with 2008 Practice Exam	take note of problems that you were not completely sure of	n/a
Tuesday 04-08	Practice for AP Exam	continue to work together on the 2008 practice exam
Wednesday 04-09	Practice for AP Exam	continue to work together on the 2008 practice exam
Thursday 04-10	Practice for AP Exam	continue to work together on the 2008 practice exam	n/a
Friday 04-11	Practice for AP Exam		n/a

03-31-2014

Monday 03-31	Discussion on Taylor Series		n/a
Tuesday 04-01	Practice AP Questions 2008 #6
Wednesday 04-02	Discuss #6
Thursday 04-03	A-Block Midterm B-Block Midterm		n/a
Friday 04-04	C-Block Midterm		n/a

03-24-2014

Monday 03-24	Introduce Taylor and MacLaurin Series	FDWK 10.2	n/a
Tuesday 03-25	MacLaurin and Taylor Series	9.8 Taylor Series and error 9.9 Taylor and MacLaurin Series
Wednesday 03-26	Q and A on Taylor Series and LaGrange Error Bound
Thursday 03-27	Q and A - Taylor Series Taylor Series College Board Style	AP Questions	n/a
Friday 03-28	Assess FR Questions	Scoring rubrics	n/a

03-17-2014

Monday 03-17	More Work on Power Series	Power Series and convergence Self selected odds (11-47) Power Series as functions Odds (5-25)	n/a
Tuesday 03-18	UVM Prize Exam - practice	Old UVM tests
Wednesday 03-19	UVM Prize Exam	UVM Prize Exam
Thursday 03-20	Discussion on Power Series Sequences and Series Exam	Exam	n/a
Friday 03-21	Finish Sequences and Series Exam	Introduce Taylor Series	n/a

03-10-2014

Monday 03-10	Discussion on Power Series		n/a
Tuesday 03-11	Power Series
Wednesday 03-12	Writing a function as a Power Series
Thursday 03-13	No School - Snow Day		n/a
Friday 03-14	No School - Teacher Inservice		n/a

03-03-2014

Monday 03-03	Discussion on nth term test, Integral Test		n/a
Tuesday 03-04	Discussion on Integral Test, Comparison Test, p-series
Wednesday 03-05	Alternating series, Ratio test, Root Test
Thursday 03-06	Discussion on Ratio, Root tests		n/a
Friday 03-07	Discuss ratio and root test Power Series intro		n/a

02-24-2014

Monday 02-24	Discussion on questions from last week's missed snow days	AP released questions	n/a
Tuesday 02-25	Sequences introduction, notation, etc	Hughes-Hallett 9.1 sequences and series
Wednesday 02-26	Convergence of sequences and series - The Integral test	Hughes-Hallett 9.2 sequence and series convergence
Thursday 02-27	Comparison test for convergence, p-series, review convergence of sequences, integral test.	9.1 convergence 9.2 integral test and p-series test 9.3 comparison test	n/a
Friday 02-28	Integration Gateway #4	IGW #4	n/a

02-10-2014

Monday 02-10	Slopes and Tangents for Parametric Equations Arc Length in Parametric		Due: 02-11
Tuesday 02-11	Calculus of Vector Valued functions	Additional Parametric Free Response practice	Due: 02-12
Wednesday 02-12	Polar functions and Area in Polar	Link to Dawkins Notes	Due: 02-13
Thursday 02-13	Practice with college board questions	2007 #3, 2005 #2, 2003B #2
Friday 02-14	Discuss questions from Thursday

02-03-2014

Monday 02-03	Using a trig substitution for integration More practice on Parts and Partial fractions	Trig substitution	Due: 02-04
Tuesday 02-04	Evaluating Improper Integrals More practice on Trig Substitution	Improper Integrals	Due: 02-05
Wednesday 02-05	Intense Integration Day - 60 Integrals More practice on Improper Integrals - solutions	HW grade for Sem 2
Thursday 02-06	Grading 60 integrals
Friday 02-07	Vectors review

01-27-2014

Monday 01-27	No School - Teacher Inservice
Tuesday 01-28	Grade Final Exam FR questions to compare	FR question grade rubrics
Wednesday 01-29	Review AB Calculus - MC questions	Q & A
Thursday 01-30	Applications and techniques of integration for BC Calculus Review Partial fractions and Integration by parts	Length of a curve	Due 01-31
Friday 01-31	Integration Gateway #3 Review Integration Rules and Trig techniques	IGW #3	Due 02-03

01-13-2014

Monday 01-13	Review AB Calculus	2008 AP Exam shared
Tuesday 01-14	Review AB Calculus	Review Related rates
Wednesday 01-15	Review AB Calculus	Q & A
Thursday 01-16	Midterm Exam - Part 1		n/a
Friday 01-17	Midterm Exam - Part 2		n/a

01-06-2014

Monday 01-06	Integration by Parts	Practice integration by parts
Tuesday 01-07	Integration by parts and partial fractions	Practice handout
Wednesday 01-08	Integration by parts (3,11-37odd,41,45,59,69,78,85) Partial fractions (2,3,7-27odd,38,43,62,64)	Parts practice Partial Fractions practice
Thursday 01-09	Review Differential equations	Diff Eq practice
Friday 01-10	Review Differential Equations Calc AB Practice Exam	Practice Exam

12-16-2013

Monday 12-16	Volume of solids of Revolution	Practice with released AP Calculus AB questions	Due: 12-17
Tuesday 12-17	Solids of revolution	In Class Practice Review Area between curves, solids of revolution, and solids with known cross sections - handout	Due: 12-19
Wednesday 12-18	Area and Volume	In Class Practice Review Area between curves, solids of revolution, and solids with known cross sections - handout	Due: 12-19
Thursday 12-19
Friday 12-20

12-09-2013

Monday 12-09	Review Section 5.4	Do: p. 358-361 [41,45,53,57,59,69,72,77, 79,80,81,88,99-125odd,127-134]
Tuesday 12-10	Review Section 5.5	Do: p.368-372 [41-61odd,67-70,75-89odd, 109,129]
Wednesday 12-11	Review Section 5.6	Do: p. 379-381 [43-61odd,81,101]
Thursday 12-12	Review Section 5.7	Do: p. 387-389 [1-53 EOodd, 55-57,63,91] Read in preparation for tomorrow
Friday 12-13	Section 5.8 Hyperbolic functions

12-02-2013

Monday 12-02	Happy Birthday Aaron Rodgers Integration Exam - MC	Exam	n/a
Tuesday 12-03	Integration Exam - FR	Exam
Wednesday 12-04	Discuss MC exams Begin Intensive review Chapter 5	Read: Section 5.1 Do:p.331-333 [61,67,71,83,89,95,97,99,101,105,119]	Due12-05
Thursday 12-05	Discuss FR exams Review Section 5.2	Read: Section 5.2 Do: p.340-342 [1-37EOodd,77,99,110]	Due 12-06
Friday 12-06	Integration Gateway #2 Review Section 5.3	Read Section 5.3 Do: p. 351 [85,86,100-106]	Due 12-07

11-25-2013

Monday 11-18	Integration with substitution 4.8 tutorial Integration of natural log 4.9 tutorial	4.8 problems 4.9 problems	Due: 11-19
Tuesday 11-19	Integration Gateway #1 (for real this time) p.306-309 (1-121 E.O.odd)	study for exam Monday
Wednesday 11-20	No School - Thanksgiving
Thursday 11-21	No School - Thanksgiving
Friday 11-22	No School - Thanksgiving

11-18-2013

Monday 11-18	Integration with definite integrals 4.1 tutorial Properties of the definite integral 4.4 tutorial	4.1 problems 4.4 problems	Due: 11-19
Tuesday 11-19	The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus incl avg. value, mean value for integrals, abs value for integrals	Textbook section 4.4 (1-57odd,58-60,62,66)	Due: 11-20
Wednesday 11-20	The Second Fundamental Theorem of Calculus	Textbook section 4.4 (67-105odd,111)	Due: 11-21
Thursday 11-21	Workday textbook problems
Friday 11-22	Discuss textbook problems Integration Practice	Integration practice paper handout	Due: 11-25

11-11-2013

Monday 11-11	No School - Veterans Day
Tuesday 11-12	Discuss Ch. 3 Exam How far did the car go? Riemann Sums tutorial	p. 227-228 (1,3,5,9,11,12)	Due: 11-13
Wednesday 11-13	Riemann Sum to integration handout problems	p. 234-236 (2,8,9,14,15,18,21,24,28,29,30)
Thursday 11-14	Rieman Sum handouts 4.1 tutorial, 4.5 tutorial	4.1 problems, 4.5 problems
Friday 11-15	Definition of the definite integral 4.3 tutorial	4.3 problems

11-04-2013

Monday 11-04	Optimization problems and Newton's Method Tangent line approximation and differentials	Do: p. 224-226 [27,49] Read: p.229-232 Do: p. 234 [29-30] Do: p. 240-241 [27,29,33,42]	Due: 11-05
Tuesday 11-05	Applications to the derivative - worksheets	handout	Due: 11-06
Wednesday 11-06	General discussion - Applications of the derivative Differentiation Gateway #4	DGW #4
Thursday 11-07	Ch. 3 Exam - Part 1	n/a	n/a
Friday 11-08	Ch. 3 Exam - Part 2	n/a	n/a

10-28-2013

Monday 10-28	Optimization problems	3.7 problems 3.7 tutorial	Due: 10-29
Tuesday 10-29	Tangent line approximation and differentials	3.8 problems 3.8 tutorial	Due: 10-30
Wednesday 10-30	More applications to the derivative
Thursday 10-31	Optimization problems	n/a	n/a
Friday 11-01	No Class - C-block and make-up midterm day

10-21-2013

Monday 10-21	Discuss what the derivative functions show us	n.a	n/a
Tuesday 10-22	The second derivative test	3.5 tutorial 3.5 problems
Wednesday 10-23	Discuss the clown problem, acceleration, position and velocity and second derivative test.
Thursday 10-24	Rolle's theorem and the Mean value theorem	3.3 tutorial 3.3 problems	Due: 10-25
Friday 10-25	Curve sketching using the first and second derivatives	3.6 problems 3.6 tutorial	Due: 10-28

10-14-2013

Monday 10-14	No School - Columbus Day
Tuesday 10-15	Homework quiz 3.1	Quiz
Wednesday 10-16	Graphing derivatives and work with first derivative	3.4 tutorial 3.4 problems	Due: 10-17
Thursday 10-17	Discussed graphical derivatives.
Friday 10-18	Derivative Gateway #3	3.2 tutorial 3.2 problems

10-07-2013

Monday 10-07	Discuss take-home problem and related rates
Tuesday 10-08	Teach related rates to AB Class	n/a
Wednesday 10-09	More Related Rates practice	p.154-157 (9-53 odd)	due 10-10
Thursday 10-10	Function, graph, 1st D, 2nd D matching competition
Friday 10-11	3.1 applications of the derivative (text)

09-30-2013

Monday 09-30	Review derivatives Introduce Related Rates	Related rates problems and solutions	Due 10-01
Tuesday 10-01	Discuss related rates	Study for Exam
Wednesday 10-02	Differentiation exam part 1	Exam part 1 - No Calc
Thursday 10-03	Calculator tutorial
Friday 10-04	Differentiation exam part 2	Exam part 2 - Calc MC Free response - take home

09-23-2013

Monday 09-23	First and Second Derivatives graphically	Handout page 1 only	Due 9-24
Tuesday 09-24	Tangent lines and normal lines review Derivatives of Inverse functions.	Section 2.6 tutorial problems Section 2.8 tutorial problems	Due 9-25
Wednesday 09-25	Derivatives of inverse trig functions	Section 2.9 tutorial Section 2.9 problems	Due 9-26
Thursday 09-26	Derivative Practice	Handout page 3-4 only	Due 09-27
Friday 09-27	Differentiation Gateway #2	Gateway Exam

09-16-2013

Monday 09-16	Derivatives of Trig functions included in the power, product and quotient rules	Section 2.4 tutorial Section 2.4 problems	Due 9-18
Tuesday 09-17	Derivatives of exponential functions	practice	n/a
Wednesday 09-18	Derivatives of logarithmic functions	Section 2.5 tutorial Section 2.5 problems	Due 9-19
Thursday 09-19	Implicit differentiation handout	Section 2.7 tutorial Section 2.7 problems	Due 09-20
Friday 09-20	Differentiation Gateway #1	Gateway Exam

09-09-2013

Monday 09-09	Derivative sketching	In class activity Take notes on p. 107-114 Do: p.115-118 [2-30,39-54,59,65]	Due: 09-10
Tuesday 09-10	Preparing for derivatives	paper handout
Wednesday 09-11	Power rule, product rule, quotient rule	power rule tutorial, problems product/quotient rule tutorial, problems	Due 09-12
Thursday 09-12	Discuss problems	simplify #5
Friday 09-13	The Chain Rule	2.3 tutorial 2.3 problems Section 2 all solutions

09-02-2013

Monday 09-02	No School - Labor Day..................................................	........................................................
Tuesday 09-03	Limits and Continuity - wrap up discussion Average Rates of Change	HW Quiz Do Problems (7,15,19,20,23,27,28) at end of Handout	due 09-04
Wednesday 09-04	Discuss problems, secant line to tangent line, difference quotient. Trig Gateway details	Preparing for differentiation handout (shared)	due: 09-05
Thursday 09-05	Introduction to Differentiation	Take notes on p. 96-103 Do: p.103-106 [1-105 Every Other Odd]	due: 09-06
Friday 09-06

08-26-2013

Monday 08-26	No School - Teacher Inservice...........................	........................................................
Tuesday 08-27	Freshman Orientation Junior Jumpstart	... ...
Wednesday 08-28	Course introduction. How Fast?	Assign Books Syllabus Signature	Due: 08-30
Thursday 08-29	Limits, Continuity, Difference Quotient, Rates of Change Tutorial, Problems		Due: 08-30
Friday 08-30	Discuss Problem Solutions	Assign: Peruse Chapter P in text, this should be review. Read section 1.3 p.59-66 and section 1.4 p.70-78 be ready for Homework quiz Tuesday.